California’s Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions In the biggest digital health acquisition of the year so far, San Francisco-based Jawbone is acquiring Pittsburgh-based BodyMedia, the company announced this morning. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. This is the first major consolidation in the contentious wearable activity tracker space, and the second mobile health acquisition by Jawbone, which bought health app startup Massive Health for an undisclosed sum in February. This was reported by MobihealthNews on April 30, 2013. Contact information: Keely Sulprizio, PR Manager, Jawbone, San Francisco, CA; 415-230-7600 ext. 1719; E-mail: ksulprizio . . .